I feed my squirrels peanuts every evening,....
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Years ago I tried an idea.
Early morning always saw plenty of squirrels scurrying around. I went to the store and bought some walnuts.
Come morning I sat out front and rubbed them together, and knocked them together. I got some attention from a
squirrel, but he stayed well away. I rolled a walnut toward him, about half the length of the driveway.
He ran off. After a few mornings I was able to draw squirrels in right off the bat. When I tossed a walnut
to them they would run to it, pick it up, and somehow put it in their mouth.
This became a daily thing. I would sit on the front porch, sip my coffee, and knock walnuts together.
It got to the point that squirrels would come up on the porch, sit on the bench I was sitting on, and
sit up waiting for me to hand them a walnut.
It was amazing that they could open their mouth big enough to hold a walnut.
The turkeys are back.
